First Aid at Work (initial course)

Target Audience

Employees who wish to become qualified first aiders, security staff, emergency response team members.

Objectives

By the end of the course students should be able to:-

• know the action to take in an emergency situation
• know and demonstrate basic life saving techniques
• diagnose and deal with injury and illness in the workplace

Benefits

• Assists compliance with legal responsibilities
• Enables rapid assistance to be given in event of accident or ill-health
• Ensures those giving first aid have up-to-date knowledge and techniques

Outline Content

• Legislation
• Aims of first aid
• Primary survey
• Secondary survey
• Unconsciousness
• Top to toe survey
• Recovery position
• Respiration
• Circulation system
• Circulation disorders
• CPR
• First Aid equipment
• Wounds and bleeding
• Surns and scalds
• Poisons
• Major illnesses
• Fractures
• Soft tissue injuries and dislocations